Toy



May 8, 1923- D. s. CLARKE TOY Filed Nov. l0 1921 mas/v1 P y/d5.

By ([arle.

ATTORNEYS Patented R/lay 8, 1923.

DAVID s. CLARKE, 'onnnn'vna, coinoaano;

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Application filed November 10, 1921. Serial No. 514,222.

'To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID S. CLARKE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toys, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. 1

My invention relates to improvements in toys, and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements herein de scribed and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a toy having card-board figures, such as roosters, bufialoes, or the like, arranged to face one another and inwhich the figures may be caused to move tostimulate action as in a fight.

A. further object of my invention is to provide a toy of the character described, which is cheap to manufacture and which is not liable to break easily.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accom' panying drawings, forming part of this application, in which Fig. 1 is a full view of one embodiment of my invention,

Fig. 2 is a sectional view along the line 22 of Fig. 1.

In carrying out my invention, I make use of a wire supporting member 1. The wire 1 is preferably of spring steel, but any other spring wire will serve the purpose.

The wire member 1 is provided with a loop portion 2 intermediate its length substantially as shown at Fig. 1. The ends of the loop 3 and t are bent about one another so that pressure, as by the hand upon the loop, will cause it to contract and move the ends 3 and at away from one another. Substantially horizontal lengths 5 and 6 are formed by the ends of the loop 2 and terminate in transverse axial portions 7 and horizontal retaining portions 8.

Card-board figures 9 and 10 representing roosters, buffaloes, boars, or the like, are provided with holes 11 therethrough adja cent their feet portions. The holes 11 are arranged to receive the axial portions 7 of the wire supporting member 1. Each of the v figures 9 and 10 are provided with notches 12 in the lower edge of the Card-board below .the holes 11. The bottomot the notches l2 are curved to conform with a radial line from the holes 11. The sides 13 and 1d of the notches constitute stops for the pivotal movement of the figures 9 and 10 upon the axial portions 7 by their en agement with meant the retaining portions 8, as previously de--- scribed. This structure is more clearly shown in Flg. 2.

From the foregolng description of the va.

rious parts of the device, the operation there of may be readily understood. The toy is grasped in the hand and held by. the loop portion 2. A pressure of the'hand upon the loop portion 2 will contract the loop in a way to cause the horizontalzlengthso and 6 of the wire supporting member 1 to move toward one another. This will cause the figures 9 and 10 which normally are in a position with their heads down to move-toward one another and in doing so simulate the ap pearance of an attack upon one another by the roosters, or whatever animal is repre- It now, the loop is rapidly consented. tracted and released, the sudden releasing ofthe loop 2 will cause the figures 9 andlO to move upon their axial points 11 and the head will be thrown upward and down. The

movement of the figures 9 and 10 is varied by the figures striking one another and in the position in which they are heldin the hand. Such variation makes the appearance ofthe fighting more interesting. i

I- claim: v 1. A device of the character comprising a spring wire supporting member arranged so that the ends of said supporting i 2 member may be moved toward one another at will, transverse axial membersintegral with said supporting member and disposed at the ends thereof, a pair of figures or cardboard or the like pivotally disposed on said axial members, said figures having stops integral therewith, and means carried by said supporting member adjacent the opposite ends thereof for engaging with said stops to limit the pivotal movement of said figures on said axial members. i I

2. A device of the character described comprising a spring wire supporting memher, said member being formed with a loop intermediate its length and arranged so that the ends (if said member are moved toward one another when said loop is manually contracted, transverse axial members integral with said supportmg member and dlsposed described one another when said loop is manually contracted, transverse axial members integral With said supporting members and disposed at the ends thereof, a pair of figures of card-board or the like pivotally disposed on said axial members, said figures having stops carried thereon, and means carried by said supporting member at the outer ends thereof for engaging With said stops to limit the pivotal movement of said figures on said axial members.

DAVID S. CLARKE. 

